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    adaptation finance Climate Governance poverty
    Finance
    Insights
    April 17, 2024

    Development Banks Are Starting to Spark Climate Action. Will They Complete the Task?

    • Climate
    • Finance
    • adaptation finance
    • development
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    Setting up a solar-powered water pump to pump groundwater in Ethiopia.
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • adaptation finance
    • development
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 1, 2024

    Ocean Carbon Removal Is Uncharted Territory. The US Can Help Change That

    • carbon removal
    • Ocean
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    A scientist takes a soil sample to measure carbon sequestration in a seagrass bed.
    • carbon removal
    • Ocean
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    Climate
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    December 7, 2023

    How the US Federal Government Can Help States and Cities Capitalize on Historic Climate Funding

    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    Wind ppwer behind the backdrop of a residential neighborhood in Palm Springs, CA
    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    Finance
    Technical Perspectives
    November 15, 2023

    What Nationally Determined Contributions Say About Countries’ Finance Requirements: 4 Findings on Adaptation, Mitigation, and Loss & Damage

    • Finance
    • NDC
    • adaptation finance
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Flooded streets of Hoi An Vietname
    • Finance
    • NDC
    • adaptation finance
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    Insights
    October 24, 2023

    Launching a Climate Coalition? Learn from Existing Ones First

    • Climate
    • COP28
    • Climate Governance
    Three workers stand in between solar panels on top of a mountain.
    • Climate
    • COP28
    • Climate Governance
    Climate
    North America
    Update
    September 14, 2023

    Carbon Dioxide Removal Research and Development Act of 2023

    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Direct Air Capture
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    US Capitol building
    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Direct Air Capture
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    August 30, 2023

    What to Watch at the First Africa Climate Summit

    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • Energy
    • Finance
    • renewable energy
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • COP28
    Rooftop solar panels in Kenya
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • Energy
    • Finance
    • renewable energy
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • COP28
    Finance
    Technical Perspectives
    August 28, 2023

    How Community-Led Funding Can Unleash the Potential of the Loss and Damage Fund

    • climate finance
    • adaptation finance
    • International Climate Action
    • Climate Resilience
    A man holding a round tub of belongings stands in flood waters surrounded by shacks..
    • climate finance
    • adaptation finance
    • International Climate Action
    • Climate Resilience
    Finance
    Technical Perspectives
    August 14, 2023

    To Design the Loss and Damage Fund and Funding Arrangements, Look Back to the Green Climate Fund

    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • adaptation finance
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    Mozambican villagers wait for help at a collapsed bridge after Cyclone Freddy
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • adaptation finance
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    Finance
    Outcomes
    June 2, 2023

    Fiji Adopts a National Climate Finance Strategy

    • Top Outcome: 2022
    • adaptation finance
    Fiji
    • Top Outcome: 2022
    • adaptation finance
    Climate
    Outcomes
    June 2, 2023

    China Elevates Climate Adaptation on National Agenda

    • Top Outcome: 2022
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation finance
    Trees on barren mountains in China’s Hebei province
    • Top Outcome: 2022
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation finance
    Finance
    Insights
    May 10, 2023

    What It Takes to Attract Private Investment to Climate Adaptation

    • Finance
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • adaptation
    • Paying for Paris
    People walk down a heavily flooded market street in Lagos, Nigeria
    • Finance
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • adaptation
    • Paying for Paris
    Climate
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    March 21, 2023

    How to Refine California’s 2022 Scoping Plan for Achieving Climate Neutrality

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    Row of blue solar panels on green grass
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    Cities
    Insights
    February 15, 2023

    5 Priorities for Urban Climate Action in 2023 and Beyond

    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • Freshwater
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • nature-based solutions
    • poverty
    • human rights
    A new electric bus in New Delhi, India
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • Freshwater
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • nature-based solutions
    • poverty
    • human rights
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Update
    January 27, 2023

    Restoring a Degraded Ethiopian Watershed for Water and Livelihood Security

    • food security
    • agriculture
    • poverty
    • Climate Equity
    • Freshwater
    This view of the degraded Minzir 01 watershed shows evident signs of gully formation and low stream flow.
    • food security
    • agriculture
    • poverty
    • Climate Equity
    • Freshwater
    Climate
    Insights
    January 26, 2023

    To Shift Away from Oil and Gas, Developing Countries Need a ‘Just Transition’ to Protect Workers and Communities

    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • Climate Governance
    • greenhouse gases
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    A gas extracting plant in Ukraine.
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • Climate Governance
    • greenhouse gases
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    Climate
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    January 19, 2023

    Next Steps on the US Journey Toward Industrial Decarbonization

    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • GHG emissions
    • industry
    • low carbon development
    Seven construction workers stand on building foundation of steel bars and cement
    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • GHG emissions
    • industry
    • low carbon development
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    January 3, 2023

    An Innovative Jobs Program in Odisha, India Helped Informal Workers Through COVID-19 and Beyond

    • poverty
    • coronavirus
    • Climate Resilience
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    Workers build steps in Odisha, India
    • poverty
    • coronavirus
    • Climate Resilience
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    Climate
    North America
    Update
    December 22, 2022

    Carbon Removal in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act

    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    A snow-capped mountain reflection in a clear lake
    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    • carbon removal legislation & policy

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